A Mother’s Love {Welcome Home Wednesday}

This week my mom is here visiting and helping our family pack up for our move. At night, we all sit around the table and play games. We have laughed so much this week that my throat is hoarse and my sides hurt, but I go to bed every night with a smile on my face.

My mom is here because she loves us. She’s willing to do anything within her power to make this move easy. I am grateful she is here, and especially grateful for the evenings spent laughing.

This week I want to honor a mother’s love with links from last week that really spoke to my heart as a mother who dearly wants to love her children with the love my mother has for me.

First up, a couple of posts with photos that made me smile.

Lisha from The ‘Blish shared her day in photos. There was a lot of love there and it was a fun post to look through.

Jilllian from Olive Plants & Cornerstones shared 13 Lessons motherhood has taught her, but it was the photo that caught my eye. Perhaps because my own son will soon be 16, and I could see myself and my little guy all those years ago. *sniff*

Jennifer from A Heart for the Home talked about Embracing Your Season. Considering I’m in quite a season right now, this stood out to me as something I needed to read. Stress abounds, but the ability to embrace it and even laugh through it is beautiful!

The common thread you are going to see in these posts is RELATIONSHIP – the kind of relationship that packs up a household by day and sits around a dining room table at night playing games and laughing far too long and far too loud.

Comments

Reading about your special times with your Mom resurrects so many emotions inside my heart! My precious Mom went to rest in the arms of Jesus almost two years ago. I still can’t believe it as I type these words. We were SO close, and we, too, spent many nights around our table laughing and playing board games, along with so many other precious times. Dad died almost 13 years ago, so the last several years of Mom’s life were very lonely, sad times for her. Losing a parent is truly one of life’s greatest sorrows…especially, when you lose the last one. It is one of the saddest chapters in life to close and leave behind. Cherish every moment with your dear Mom! Those moments are some of the sweetest treasures in life, and they will become some of your most precious memories. I miss Mom so much…she was always there to help in every moment of my life…selflessly helping, doing all she could to see me through the rough spots. Only God knows how much I miss that comfort now.

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Just 11 short days after this photo was taken, our 5th child, Emily, died. To read her story click on her picture. To find resources for grieving families, visit The Grieving Mother section of this site.